Flower-holder.



PATENTBD JULY 18, 1905.

C. E. H. JAGOBY. FLOWER HOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 18, 1905.

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Nire STATES Patented July 18, 1905.,

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FLOWER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,939, dated July 18,1905.

Application filed May 18,1905. Serial No. 261,027.

To all who/n, H; 'nuty concern:

Be it known that l, CATHERINE E. H. JA- oonr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Easton, in the county of Northampton, State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFlower- Holdcrs, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to flower-holders, and particularly to a devicefor supporting cut flowers in an attractive form, such as a floraldesign representing a pillow.

The invention has for an object to provide a body portion having at itsopposite ends reticulated faces through which the stems of the flowersto be supported are inserted and are thus held in position to form afloral surface at each end of the body.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holding-ring withinthe body by which other out liowers may be attached to the top of thebody, and thus held in position.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by theappended claims.

in the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective showing the invention asapplied in use; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section thereof, and Fig. 3 acentral cross-section.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

The letter A designates the body of the holder, which may be of anydesired material for instance, birch-bark, when it is desired to impartan ornamental appearance thereto. This body is preferably of cylindricalform and provided with open ends, each of which is provided with areticulated face B, secured in position in any desired mannerforinstance, by means of the flange B, lying within the body, to which itmay be secured by stitching or otherwise. The body is also provided withan opening A at its upper portion, into which a holding-ring C isintroduced, and

projects above the body, so as to form a loop, through which other cutflowers may be inserted for the purpose of giving an ornamental finishto the upper surface of the body. This loop is of elastic character andis held in position by its compression within the body, by which meansthe flower-stems are held within the loop. The-loop is here shown ascomposed of coiled wire, but maybe otherwise formed. Under someconditions it is also desirable to provide a handle A, of any desiredmaterial, extending from the opposite ends of the holder, by which thesame may be hung or carried, as found desirable.

The application of the flowers to the invention is shown in Fig, 1, andthe flowers constituting the floral ends to the holder are held inposition by inserting the stems thereof or of a collected bunch throughthe openings in the reticulated surface by which they are held inposition, and in the use of the holder other flowers may be insertedwithin the loop, while the handle is covered with vines or similargrowth.

It willthus be seen that the invention provides a flower-holder ofornamental design which can be repeatedly used with flowers of differentcharacters and which, owing to its simplicity of construction, can beeconomically manufactured and the flowers applied thereto by persons notskilled in the art of floral decoration.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A flower-holder comprising a body portion having opposite open ends,and reticulated face portions secured thereto at said ends.

9.. A flower-holder comprising a body portion having oppositereticulated ends secured thereto, and a compressible loop within saidbody projected through an opening in the upper portion thereof.

3. A flower-holder comprising a body portion having opposite reticulatedends secured thereto, a compressible loop within said body projectedthrough an opening in the upper through an aperture at the upper portionportion thereof, and a handle extending from thereof. IO the oppositeends of said bod In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 4.Innfiowenholder, acylindrical bodyporin presence of two Witnesses. 5tion, reticulated end portions provided with GATHERINE'E. H; JACOBY.

flanges inserted within the ends of the body \Vitnesses: and securedthereto, and a compressible ring GEO. J. P. YOUNG,

frictionally held Within the body and extended Gno. F. KIoHLINn.

